HP DV7T quad heat issues...Are these numbers high?

[KulorDS]

Seems my book is running on the hot side...

dv7t quad i7 820

8 gigs ram

nvidia 320m

500gig 7200rpm

Below is running HP Reccomended power settings, and just browsing with FF open.

Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor	ACPI
	Temperature 0	69°C (156°F) [0xD5E] (TZ01)

Hardware monitor	Intel Core i7
	Power 0		54.21 W (Processor)
	Temperature 0	63°C (145°F) [0x25] (Core #0)
	Temperature 1	64°C (147°F) [0x24] (Core #1)
	Temperature 2	63°C (145°F) [0x25] (Core #2)
	Temperature 3	66°C (150°F) [0x22] (Core #3)

Hardware monitor	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
	Temperature 0	60°C (140°F) (GPU Core)

Hardware monitor	Hitachi HTS725050A9A
	Temperature 2	41°C (105°F) [0x29] (Air Flow)

Hardware monitor	Battery 1
	Voltage 0	16.75 Volts [0x416E] (Current Voltage)
	Capacity 0	73440 mWh [0x11EE0] (Designed Capacity)
	Capacity 1	70502 mWh [0x11366] (Full Charge Capacity)
	Capacity 2	70502 mWh [0x11366] (Current Capacity)
	Level 0		4 pc [0x5F] (Wear Level)
	Level 1		100 pc [0x64] (Charge Level)

[JMyrc]

For as powerful as a laptop you're running, you're constantly going to be idling at a higher temp than other notebooks.  You don't have much to worry about though, as most GPUs can get above 100°C easily without any lasting damage. 

If you're truly worried, put the machine under a heavy load, and then capture what temps it is running at during that time.  If the numbers you see are worrisome to you, the easiest fix is just to purchase a Chill Pad or some such product for your computer to sit on.  That alone will greatly reduce any heat issues you might encounter while using the notebook.

[tim_nz]

i have a dual core cpu that runs at 93c underload, max temp is 100c and it IS something to worry about.

excess heat generated from the cpu and/or gpu reduces the life of the notebook, other parts in the laptop get weakend from excess heat.

I too bought a high performace gaming cooling pad, this reduced the heat ~1-2c, not much of a reduction really for the price i paid for the cooling pad.

i took my laptop back and currently in the process of getting a credit for an unsafe laptop.

just my 2 cents.

[JRGibbs1990]

Them temps are too high and not normal if the laptop cpu isn't under any load, i have a desktop with a quad core and it runs at around 40c when just browsing the net, the cooling pads don't make a huge difference mine reduces the temps by around 1-3c it was the cheapest 1 at £8 , if your fan is clean and running ok i would put the high temps down to hp's bad cooling design and contact hp or the shop where you brought and get a refund.

[KulorDS]

A good update! After completing the following tutorial, my temps have been dramatically lower--down nearly 10°C in all regions!

www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-7-super-fast/


The following results are with Photoshop, Lightroom, 4 instances of Firefox and iTunes all open:


Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor    ACPI
    Temperature 0    52°C was 69(125°F) [0xCB4] (TZ01)

Hardware monitor    Intel Core i7
    Power 0        20.28 W (Processor)
    Temperature 0    53°C was 63(127°F) [0x2F] (Core #0)
    Temperature 1    49°C was 64(120°F) [0x33] (Core #1)
    Temperature 2    52°C was 63(125°F) [0x30] (Core #2)
    Temperature 3    50°C was 66(122°F) [0x32] (Core #3)

Hardware monitor    NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
    Temperature 0    49°C was 60(120°F) (GPU Core)

Hardware monitor    Hitachi HTS725050A9A
    Temperature 2    37°C was 41(98°F) [0x25] (Air Flow)

Hardware monitor    Battery 1
    Voltage 0    16.67 Volts [0x411D] (Current Voltage)
    Capacity 0    73440 mWh [0x11EE0] (Designed Capacity)
    Capacity 1    70042 mWh [0x1119A] (Full Charge Capacity)
    Capacity 2    70042 mWh [0x1119A] (Current Capacity)
    Level 0        5 pc [0x5F] (Wear Level)
    Level 1        100 pc [0x64] (Charge Level)

[howieu]

do you know which setting in particular made a difference?  I've got heat issues as well, but looking that page, there's really nothing that looks like a smoking gun and I want to minimize system changes for the sake of changes.

Thanks - Howie

[SpyroTD]

i got the dv6t which same notebook u got mine has the 320m video card! i got the i3 processor (same thing as entry level quad which it has 4 "cores") 4gb of ram and same hard drive u have. which at a idle! i would worry cause that is insanely hot! now, is that under a load? meaning task manager, is processor running at idle like between 0 and 10% all the time? and r u running anything at all that could b using your gpu? like dreamscene's, cuda programs? F@H? or screensavers which use lots of gpu power. cause at a idle mine runs about 100 farenheight! and under 1 hr load of cuda mine goes to 131F but F@h shoots it up to 140! which never like running that hot! anything over 131 on mine i get learry about! my idea which works well on mine,

take and shut laptop down and let it cool really well

remove battery and unplug!

then buy a can of compressed air and blow directally into the intake and exaust of fan ports. or a air compressor works verry well! just don't blow to much air into fan holes which u can shatter fan blades. u can get fan spinning but just listen carfully not to get fan spinning to fast.

open task manager and just look at processes! and see if u see anything using up your processor!  if none of the above is working, call hp and have notebook serviced. could b a bad heatsink or fan cause hp having problems with heatsinks in these models! knock on wood i havn't had problems with mine.